FAO, OPS, OIRSA and Consumers International to hold webinar in Spanish on safe food in markets
“Welcome to the World Food Safety Day in the Americas”, reads the invitation to a webinar being co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA) and Consumers International.
This is a special year to celebrate and recognize the hard work of the people who work throughout the food value chain. This day is dedicated to farmers, transporters, retailers, buyers, sellers and consumers. Special thanks go [...]
29 May 2020
Danish food solutions to heighten global food quality and safety
Denmark are planning World Food Safety Day activites on and around June 7 with a focus on Danish food solutions to heighten global food quality and safety.
Denmark will also hold a webinar on June 8 for Danish exporting food companies where a panel including Esben Egede, Executive Director, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Søren Tinggaard, Vice President, Pork Export Strategy & Marketing, Danish Crown and Lise Walbom, CEO, Food Nation will explore how to use quality and food safety as [...]
27 May 2020
Guatemala to hold World Food Safety Day webinar
To celebrate World Food Safety Day, Guatemala has organized a webinar to raise awareness about the importance of good practices in food safety and its influence on national and international trade.
The event, organized for June 10, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (Central American time), aims to bring together officials from the public sector and industry involved in the production and sale of food. It will be attended by representatives of the government and the National Codex Committee.
The President of the [...]
27 May 2020
Costa Rica / Live webinar "Sustainable production and food safety"
This year, to mark the second celebration of World Food Safety Day (June 7, 2020), we all have the opportunity to recognize the people who help keep our food safe. The objective of this celebration is to raise awareness and urge action by all stakeholders to ensure food safety. Everyone in the production chain has an important role to play in keeping food safe.
Take part in the celebration!
Live webinar. "Sustainable production and its relationship with food safety".
8 June 2020, 08:30 [...]
26 May 2020
Food Safety Talk 5 June / No food security without food safety
To Commemorate the World Food Safety Day that falls on 7 June 2020, FoodBev International Consulting (Pty) Ltd invites you to join a Free Zoom Food Safety Talk entitled: No Food Security Without Food Safety.
Date: 5 June 2020
Time: 12h00-13h30 (GMT +2)
Platform: Zoom
The theme for this year is Food Safety, everyone’s business. A panel of experts drawn from industry and academia will each take time to present on different key issues and calls to action set out for the day by [...]
26 May 2020
Czech Republic plans a series of World Food Safety Day publishing activities
Here are the planned activites for World Food Safety Day in the Czech Republic.
26 May 2020
The Ministry of Agriculture - Food Safety Department will publish a short article containing WFSD original key messages on www.bezpecnostpotravin.cz with refence to FAO and WHO activities; and promo materials on social media - Facebook, Twitter (following EFSA activities when key messages and promo materials (images) will be rolled out on social media in a pre-phase starting on 25 May 2020).
2 June 2020
The Ministry of [...]
25 May 2020
Joint FAO/OIE/WFP/WHO food safety webinar - Food safety in the “new normal”
Have you noticed that you are now washing your hands more properly than the last year? It is an important yet unique opportunity on the second observance of World Food Safety Day that we all have a chance to reflect how our continuous and new food safety actions could fit into the “new normal” era.
Over the last few decades, a substantial amount of efforts have been made to improve our food safety systems in Asia and the Pacific. Consumers are more aware of food [...]
25 May 2020
WFSD video / in Kuwait, food safety is everyone’s business
To celebrate World Food Safety Day (WFSD) the Codex Contact Point of Kuwait based in the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition (PAFN) has developed a video. In line with the 2020 WFSD theme of Food safety, everyone’s business the short film brings together the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of Health, the Public Authority of Agricultural affairs and fisheries, PAFN itself - which is responsible for developing the national food safety policy, food laboratories, farmers, food business [...]
24 May 2020
Suriname awareness campaign for World Food Safety Day 2020
The Government of Suriname is planning to run a food safety awareness campaign, calling upon decision makers, the private sector, civil society, and consumers to take action to keep food safe. The campaign will highlight the benefits of strengthening its food control system, in particular areas related to coverage of oversight and coordination. This initiative links up to the ongoing EU-funded FAO project called Suriname Agriculture Market Access Project.
The campaign will start on 1 June and end on 7 June 2020, which is World Food [...]
22 May 2020
Cocoa processing facility in Ghana plans observance
For World Food Safety Day 2020, the Aftropic Cocoa Processing Company will highlight the importance of food safety among staff with a series of initiatives. The facility, based in Accra, Ghana, will:
Launch 10 golden rules on food safety;
Feature a pep talk at the beginning of every shift of workers (12 max), who will observe social distancing and wear masks;
Post the WHO/FAO World Food Safety Day posters on the facility to create more awareness; and
Share chocolate with every worker at lunch.
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21 May 2020
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